Paper cake plate



J. H. CARSON PAPER CAKE PLATE Filed April 7, 1957 Patented Mar. 1, 1938 f.

UNITED; rs1-ms v y PAPER CAKE PLATE 1, v f? p ,'Jhn H, .carena Marion, 1nd. Y

Applicatiuarir 7, 1937,1ser1a1 No. 195,446

` I 4 claims. (cl. e5.15)

` `This inventionrelates to a paper plate ormdish particularly formed as a cake plate and yhas for its primary objectthe locating and retaining' of a `cake in a boX'so as to maintain the cake in fspaced relationA from` the walls of the box so as to prevent damage to icing o'n the cakeq" A further primary object of the invention is to provide a paper plate structure which will not only serve for the purpose above indicated but will also be sufficiently rigid as to permit handling of the cake when removed from the box without damage to the cake and at the same time present an ornamental appearance.

A still `further important object of the invention is to provide a marginal area about the plate that will be highly resistant to bending or distortion and which will t snugly down into corners of the cake box so as to prevent any relative movement between the plate and the box on the floor thereof.

Theseand other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to those versed in the art in the following description of the invention which is illustrated in one particular form inthe accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a top plan View of a plate embodying p the invention;

Fig. 2, a side elevation;

Fig. 3, a detail in vertical section through an edge of the plate on an enlarged scale; and

Fig. 4, a vertical section through a box with a plate therein. Figs` 5, 6, and 7 are fragments in plan of modified iiutings.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

Cakes' are generally made in some rectangular or round shape in respect to their bases and it is within the scope of the invention to form a plate of the general shape of the base of the cake. In the particular form herein shown, the plate is circular to fit a like shaped cake.

The plate is formed to have a major area I on which the cake II rests. About this major area I0, the material of the plate is carried upwardly to form a retaining wall I2 relatively low in height and just sufficient to fit snugly around the cake at its base so as to prevent the movement of the cake on the plate. From the top of the wall I2, the plate material is carried around and generally downwardly to provide a marginal area extending in flared relation from the cake. This I area, hereinafter termed a skirt and designated by the numeral I3, is preferably formed in a manner that will not only take up the paper otherwise forming in creases during the forming of .the

PATENT orme plate but will reenforce the skirt to give a rigid spacing element. In the form herein shown, theextending ridges between which the paper is pressed downwardly to have'the under sides of these depressions substantially tangential with the plane ofthe under side of the plate.

In reference to Fig. 4, the cake I I is placed on the plate area I0 to have the wall I2 serve as a cake locating and retaining means, the wall I2 being in reality the inner side of a rib around the base of the cake. The plate thus holding the cake is placed on the floor of a box I4 and the sides of the box brought up to form the box as is the usual procedure. The box I4 is so proportioned that when the sides are brought up and the box is completed, the outer periphery of the skirt I3 will be in contact with the side walls of the box and be directed downwardly into the corners between the side wallsl and the floor of the box, the under sides of the depressions in the skirt resting on the floor and the outer ends of the ridges between depressions bearing against the side walls of the box in a downwardly directed manner. The width of the skirt I3 is made to besuch that the icing on the cake will be spaced inwardly from the sides of the boX a suitable distance as will prevent physical contact therewith. Since the cake is held from movement within the box by reason of its base being confined within the wall or rib I2, the cake is thereby very eifectively held within the box I4 in spaced relation from its side walls so that cakes even with soft icing may be delivered and distributed without damage thereto. Upwardly formed annular ribs I5 additionally aid in centering the cake. By reason ofthe use of the invention described, the cake may be displayed in the box I4 by tilting the box up on end without the cake sliding down against the box wall. the cake be taken from the box for use or dis- Y play, the skirt I3 not only provides an ornamental iinish but also serves as a means of reenforcing the plate against bending and also as a means permitting the cake to be readily lifted by means of the plate.

The flutes may be Varied in design, some of which are illustrated in Figs. 5, 6, and 7, and will be formed with ramps I6 at theinner ends of the channels to avoid sharp angles and corners to be cut through the fiber by the die in forming the plate.

Since it is intended that the plate be made from paper stock, preferably of thin Manila Should 1 faced with a white cover sheet, it may be produced very readily by one operation on the paper blank between suitable dies forming and pressing the plate into the desired shape. Therefore the plate may be made in large quantities at extremely low cost so that it may be discarded after the one use. The invention lends itself particularly to use by bakeries having extremely large production and wide distribution whereby the cakes must be handled in quantities and distributed over wide areas such as=l by trucks and the like where the cakes are subjected to considerable jolting and rough handling.

While I have herein shown and described my invention in the best form as now known to me, it is obvious that structural variations may be employed such as in the fluting of the skirt and in the size and shape of the plate, withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention and I, therefore, do not desire to be limited to that precise form beyond the limitations asrmay .be imposed by the following claims.

I claim:

' l. A cake plate madeof fiber having la .central Zone with a marginal linev conforming to the outline of the baseof a cake, a rib defining said line and projecting abo-ve said zone as a` means of preventing movement-of the cake in said Zone,

and a skirt extending outwardly from said rib with at least portions thereof carried downwardly to the plane of the underside of said plate.

2. A cake plate made of fiber having a central zone with a marginal line conforming to the outline of the base of a cake, a rib defining said line and projecting above said Zone as a means of preventing movement of the cake in said zone, and a skirt extending outwardly from said rib withA at least portions thereof carried downwardly to the plane of the underside of said plate, and other skirt portions extending above said underside.

3. A cake plate made of fiber having a central zone bounded by an upwardly projecting rib conforming to the outline of the base of the cake and a skirt extending outwardly from said rst rib and downwardly to the plane of the underside of said plate and corrugated transversely.

4. A cake plate made of ber having a central lzone bounded by an upwardly projectingrib conforming` tothe outline of the base of the cake,

other upwardly projecting,ribs within the central zone, and a skirtextending outwardly from said rst rib and downwardly to the plane -of the underside. of `said plate and uted transversely throughout thereof.

JOHN H. CARSON. 

